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The Golden Gate division of the California Highway Patrol is on the lookout for a man who seems to have been riding by himself in the backseat of a Tesla while it was driving itself on some Bay Area roads. A pair of pictures, shown below, were posted onto the CHP’s Facebook page that show […]
Do guaranteed income programs live up to all the hype? Oakland is looking to find out. The city’s mayor, Libby Schaaf, took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce the launch of “Oakland Resilient Families”—a pilot program that will provide $500 a month in guaranteed income to 600 families. Schaaf said the experiment will span 18 months and benefit Black, Indigenous, and other people of […]
Two weeks after its installation, a sculpture of Breonna Taylor in downtown Oakland was smashed on Saturday in what appears to be a targeted act of vandalism, San Francisco’s CBS affiliate reports. Sculptor Leo Carson created the bust of the late Taylor, who was murdered by Kentucky police earlier this year. The 26-year-old’s death sparked […]
The Oakland A’s and bench coach Ryan Christenson have issued an apology after he used a Nazi salute twice during a game on Thursday. “I made a mistake and will not deny it,” Christenson said in the statement, while maintaining that the gesture was unintentional. He threw up the salute at the end of the game, […]
Boots Riley has a new project in the works, as relayed by himself on Monday via his own Twitter account. The director/writer/rapper said that he’s currently developing a new series entitled I’m A Virgo. The show will star Jharrel Jerome of Moonlight and When They See Us fame, and will be about a “13 ft. […]
An Oakland rapper has been accused of leading an fraud ring that stole millions of dollars from people in California, The Mercury News reports. 39-year-old Amir “Kafani” Rashad is the lead defendant in the federal fraud case. Per reports, Kafani worked with co-defendants, Susan Arreola-Martin, Christopher Pool, and Tyrone Jones, to orchestrate what is described as a “wide-ranging fraudulent […]
In their final home game at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the Raiders didn’t have the send-off they had hoped for when the Jacksonville Jaguars came back from a 16-3 deficit at the half to on their way to a 20-16 victory. Whether it was because the loss capped off another disappointing campaign for a team that’s not going to have a winning record […]
Colin Kaepernick may not be in the NFL, but that hasn’t stopped him from being active in the community. The quarterback spent his 32nd birthday feeding the homeless in Oakland, California, TMZ reports. Kaep brought out a food truck for the people living in Oakland’s Tent City, a large homeless encampment. He reportedly paid for […]
Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri will not be charged in connection with an altercation that occurred on the court following the Raptors NBA Finals win. Ujiri allegedly shoved an Alameda County officer twice when he attempted to bar Ujiri from the court, claiming that Ujiri did not have the proper credentials. Witness accounts differ about […]
Former NFL superstar Shawne Merriman is offering Vontaze Burfict another stream of revenue while he serves his suspension. Merriman heads the Lights Out Xtreme Fighting (LXF) league, which focuses on developing fighters into MMA stars. During a conversation with TMZ, Merriman pitched the idea of Burfict channeling his aggressive nature into an MMA career with his organization. “I […]
